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Lesson objectives
We're getting to know
* the topic "The generation gap"
* vocabulary about the generation gap and family rules
* two grammar points: should and ought to for giving opinions and advice, and must and have to for expressing obligation.
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Sam: Do you visit your grandparents every weekend? Ann: Well, just my mom's parents, but I don't need to visit my other grandparents. You see, I live in a big house with my dad's parents and my uncle's family. Sam: I see. You're part of an Ann: That's right. I think my parents are luckier than others because they don't have to worry about Sam: So, are there any problems between the generations in your family? Ann: You mean a |
Sam: What about your grandpa? Ann: He‘s the most conservative person in my family. He thinks that I ought to get a job in a state-owned organisation after university. He says I should follow in his footsteps. Sam: Oh, really? Do your parents share his Ann: No, they don‘t. My parents are more open-minded. They just give us advice, but they never try to impose their decisions on us. Sam: You mean there's no generation gap between you and your parents? Ann: Well, sometimes conflicts do happen, but we sit together and discuss. We all think we need to understand each other better. Sam: Lucky you! You must be so happy to have such a great relationship with your parents! Ann: Thank you! |
Read the conversation again. Are the following sentences true (T) or false (F)?
(Nhấp vào dòng để chọn đúng / sai)| Sam is part of an extended family. |
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| Ann is part of a nuclear family. |
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| Ann's grandparents look after their grandchildren. |
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| Ann's grandma thinks that all family members should share housework. |
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| Ann's grandpa wants her to do the same job and things in life as he did. |
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Read the conversation again. Complete the following definitions, using the highlighted compound nouns in the conversation.
1. A(n) is a family that consists of parents and children.
2. is the care of children, especially while parents are at work.
3. A(n) is the difference in attitudes or behavior between younger and older age groups, which can cause a lack of understanding.
4. are the rules of behavior that are typically accepted while people are eating at a table.
5. A(n) is a person's opinion about a subject.
6. A(n) is a big family that includes not only the parents and children but also grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins, all living under the same roof.
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Complete the statements about the generation gap and family rules.
Example:
When people live in a multi-generational family, there is often a generation gap.
1. One disadvantage of living in
- a nuclear family
- an extended family
2. Children living with both parents in a stable
- multi-generation family
- extended family
- nuclear family
3. Some parents care a lot about the appropriate behaviour when having a meal with other people. That is why they want to teach their children good
- table manners
- generation gap
- social manners
4.
- Conflicts
- Conventions
- Contracts
5. The biggest advantage of living in an extended family is that parents don't have to worry much about
- children
- childcare
- childhood
Click all the compound nouns in the conversation. Use a dictionary to look up their meanings if necessary.
| grandparents | grandma | childbirth |
| grandpa | health care | housework |
| grandmother | hairstyles | footsteps |
| extended family | multi-generation family | childcare |
| nuclear family | children | generation gap |
| table manners | viewpoints | conflicts |
Vocabulary
1. extended family: (gia đình nhiều thế hệ) a family group that includes not only parents and children but also uncles, aunts, grandparents, etc.
Eg: You're part of an extended family.
(Bạn là thành viên của một gia đình nhiều thế hệ.)
2. nuclear family: (gia đình hạt nhân) a family that consists of father, mother and children
Eg: I live in a nuclear family with just my parents and my younger brother.
(Tớ sống trong một gia đình hạt nhân chỉ gồm bố mẹ và em trai tớ.)
3. childcare (n): (chăm sóc trẻ) the care of children, especially while parents are at work
Eg: Organizing childcare for three small children is difficult.
(Sắp xếp việc chăm nom ba đứa trẻ nhỏ quả là khó khăn.)
4. the generation gap (n): (khoảng cách thế hệ) the difference in attitude or behaviour between young and older people that causes a lack of understanding
Eg:
Sam: Are there any problems between the generations in your family?
Ann: You mean a
(Sam: Có vấn đề gì giữa các thế hệ trong gia đình cậu không?
Ann: Ý cậu là khoảng cách thế hệ hả?)
5. table manners (n): (phép tắc ăn uống) the behaviour that is considered correct while you are having a meal at a table with other people
Eg: My grandma has her own beliefs about things like hairstyles, appearance and table manners.
(Bà nội tớ có lòng tin (quan điểm) riêng của bà về những thứ như kiểu tóc, ngoại hình và quy tắc ăn uống.)
6. viewpoint (on sth) (= point of view) (n): (quan điểm) a way of thinking about a subject
Eg: Do your parents share their viewpoints?
(Bố mẹ cậu có chia sẻ quan điểm của họ với nhau không?)
7. impose sth on sb/ sth: (áp đặt) to make somebody accept the same opinions, wishes, etc. as your own
Eg: They just give us advice, but they never try to impose their decisions on us.
(Họ chỉ cho chúng tớ lời khuyên, họ không bao giờ áp đặt quyết định của họ lên chúng tớ.)
8. conflict (n): (mâu thuẫn) a situation in which people are involved in a serious disagreement or argument
Eg 1: Sometimes conflicts do happen, but we sit together and discuss to resolve the conflicts.
(Đôi lúc mâu thuẫn xảy ra, nhưng gia đình tờ ngồi lại cùng nhau và thảo luận để giải quyết những mâu thuẫn đó.)
Eg 2: She found herself in conflict with her parents over her future career.
(Cô ấy nhận ra bản thân đang xung đột với bố mẹ mình về chuyện nghề nghiệp tương lai.)
9. follow in somebody's footsteps: (theo bước chân của ai tức làm giống nghề nghiệp, chung lối sống...như họ) to do the same job, have the same style of life, etc. as somebody else, especially somebody in your family
Eg: My grandpa‘s the most conservative person in my family. He thinks that I ought to get a job in a state-owned organisation after university. He says I should follow in his footsteps.
(Ông nội tớ là người bảo thủ nhất trong gia đình. Ông nghĩ mình nên tìm một công việc trong cơ quan nhà nước sau khi tốt nghiệp đại học. Ông nói rằng mình nên theo bước chân của ông.)
Read the conversation again and choose verbs used to express duty, obligation, advice, or lack of obligation.
1. Opinions & advice: in positive and negative forms.
2. Duty & obligation:
3. Lack of obligation:
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Answer the following questions.
1. Are you part of a nuclear or an extended family?
2. What do you like and dislike about your type of family?
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